A. Routes: A horsedrawn vehicle applicant must adhere to the routes specified in the application for a license. A new or temporary route must be filed with the City Clerk before an applicant may use such route.
1. All horses pulling horsedrawn vehicles shall be equipped with adequate devices to prevent manure and other excrement from falling on the streets of the City.
2. Any excrement which falls on the City streets shall be removed immediately at the applicant's expense.
3. All animal waste for disposal shall be transported to sites or facilities legally empowered to accept it for treatment or disposal.
C. Animal Treatment And Health:
1. Treatment Of Animals:
a. Applicants shall assure adequate rest periods, feeding schedules, health and related animal performance and well being for each animal under the applicant's ownership, care or control. This responsibility shall include carriage load limits, hours of operation and daily hours of animal usage.
b. The feeding of an animal drawing a horsedrawn vehicle from a feedbag or bucket along any street or alley is permitted so long as the animal is not permitted to graze.
c. No animal shall be left unattended while in service.
2. Health Certificate:
a. For each animal that will be pulling a horsedrawn vehicle, the applicant shall provide to the City Clerk a certificate of soundness, issued by a veterinarian licensed by the State, finding each animal to be free from infectious disease, in good health and fit for hack and carriage service under this chapter.
b. After initial inspection, each animal shall be reinspected at intervals of no more than six (6) months, and a certificate of soundness shall be issued by a veterinarian and filed with the City Clerk in order for each animal to remain in service.
D. Equipment Requirements:
1. Every horsedrawn vehicle shall conform to such requirements as may be imposed by State law with respect to equipment.
2. Each vehicle shall be equipped with rubber tires. (Ord. 06-4243, 11-14-2006, eff. 3-1-2007; amd. Ord. 15-4608, 2-9-2015)
Notes
| 1 | 1. See also subsection 8-4-6H of this Code. |